Fawx, Egbert Guy, fl. 1861-1865 Falles [sic] Church in VA
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0069 Author/Creator: Fawx, Egbert Guy, fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Falls Church, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 30.4 cm Order a Copy
A print of a photograph of a two-story brick building. Union officers posed on horses in front of Falls Church, VA where George Washington once worshipped. It was a favorite tourist site for soldiers passing through. On the inside of the church's walls, soldiers often wrote down their names and units. It became a catalogue of sorts for Union regiments passing by. Title from graphite inscription below photograph: "Falles [sic] Church in va." "Falls Church" is written below that. Print is in an oval shape on a rectangular sheet of albumen.
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